They thought it was gonna be a long, long time. NASA has successfully “reestablished full communications” with Voyager 2, an interstellar deep space probe which the agency sent offline with a faulty command two weeks ago. The good news comes far ahead of schedule as experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California recently expressed worry that they would need …
Read More »Google wins antitrust ruling in battle with states over search engine
A federal judge struck down parts of an antitrust lawsuit brought against Google’s parent company Alphabet by state attorneys general who allege the search giant abused its competitive advantage to harm rivals. US District Judge Amit Mehta said in his ruling, unsealed Friday, that attorneys general of Colorado and 37 other states who sued Alphabet for allegedly monopolizing the internet …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’ wealth balloons by $12B as Amazon stock soars 11%
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his personal net worth increase by a whopping $12 billion on Friday morning as the e-commerce giant’s stock price soared by some 11% in pre-noon trading — the largest single-day jump so far this year. The Seattle-based company, whose stock was trading at nearly $143 per share as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, …
Read More »Google parent Alphabet dumps 90% of its stake in Robinhood
Google parent Alphabet said Friday it had slashed its stake in Robinhood Markets by nearly 90%, cutting its exposure to the trading app operator that has been grappling with a slowdown in its mainstay business. Alphabet had reportedly invested in Robinhood when the latter was an unlisted startup, and it held over 4.9 million shares in the company as of the end …
Read More »Google luring workers to office with special rate at on-site hotel
Google hopes that offering its staffers a “summer special” at a hotel located on its Mountain View, Calif., campus will lure them back to the office. The search giant said its full-time workers can book a room at the on-site hotel for $99 per night as part of a seasonal discount, according to materials obtained by CNBC. Google, which currently …
Read More »I’m a fake Jersey Shore influencer — it’s not what you think
She’s a figment of our dystopian imag-AI-nation. An AI influencer named Vicki Verano, who says she’s from the Jersey Shore, has racked up over 57,000 followers since joining X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in March. Everything about Verano’s reality is augmented, including her chest — which appears to have undergone digital plastic surgery. Meanwhile, it seems her thousands …
Read More »Apple loses its $3 trillion market value as stock dips
Apple’s stay as the world’s only $3 trillion company was short-lived Friday — a day after the company reported its third consecutive quarter of declining sales due to weak iPhone demand. Shares of the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech colossus were down by nearly 3.5% as of 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday — — lowering its market cap to a still …
Read More »Amazon shares jump on strong Q2, sees Prime Day sales boost
Amazon on Thursday reported sales growth and profit ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, as the company delivered goods faster and more cheaply to shoppers and as recent cloud-computing headwinds began to subside. Amazon’s shares surged over 7%, extending its stock market value by at least $90 billion in after-hours trading. Facing an array of challenges, Amazon has aimed to keep its mantle as …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is a ‘work-from-work’ company: leaked email
Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin demanded workers return to their offices five days a week, telling staffers the space exploration firm is “a work-from-work company,” according to a leaked internal memo. “As you know, Blue is a work-from-work company. We are stronger as a team when we are collaborating with our co-workers in person and close to our projects and hardware,” …
Read More »Apple iPhone sales drop in Q3, Tim Cook set to spend more on AI
Apple forecast a sales slump would continue into the current quarter, sending shares down despite beating Wall Street sales and profit targets in the fiscal third quarter. Apple shares dropped about 2% after the mixed results and outlook. Strength in services drove the profit beat in the third quarter, but weaker than expected sales of Apple’s most famous device, the iPhone, underwhelmed investors. …
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